Savage is aespas first mini album since his debut in November last year with Black Manba and Next Level, continuing aespas story of the superstitious world.
On October 4, Korea Times reported that before the MV was released, management company SM Entertainment announced that aespa had purchased 401,088 pre-orders for the album " Savage".
According to Korea Times, the success of the rookie girl group under 1 year old aespa is not only thanks to the popularity and reputation of management company SM Entertainment, but aespa itself has built its own empire with a unique concept, not to compete with any other Kpop groups. In addition, creating more virtual members for the aespa girls also makes the group special.
Newsis commented that a group of female debutists who debuted less than a year have received more than 400,000 pre-booked albums, which is a miracle in Kpop.
This album has 6 songs from many different genres, in which the main title track is Savage, the same name of the album. The remaining 5 songs of the album are aenergy, Ill Make You cry, YEPPI YEPPI, ICONIC and Lucid Dream, which are all carefully invested in.
The title track Savage belongs to the trap genre with a strong drum and bass sound, creating a special highlight for the song. The MV Savage was also released on the afternoon of October 5, and has currently recorded 23 million YouTube views. Most fans left positive comments about the group's first mini album release.
Ning Ning shared more about the title track: Savage is a song that highlights our strong performance against Black Mamba. Savage describes the journey of fighting against against the mascot, so the choreography is also performed more strongly than before".
In addition, aespa's digital music achievements are also very impressive. To date, Savage is currently ranked No. 1 on the real-time charts of MelOn, Bugs, Genie, QQ Music and Top 2 on FLO and MelOn Top 100.
In addition, the song ranked No. 1 on the iTunes Top Album of 17 countries, including Brazil, Indonesia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand... and Vietnam.
